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CHAP. 95.—THE MILLEFOIJUM OR MYRIOPHYLLON; SEVEN
REMEDIES.

The myriophyllon,1 by our people known as the "mille-
folium" has a tender stem, somewhat similar to fennel-giant
ill appearance, with vast numbers of leaves, to which circum-
stance it is indebted for its name. It grows in marshy localities, and is remarkably useful for the treatment of wounds.
It is taken in vinegar for strangury, affections of the bladder,
asthma, and falls with violence; it is extremely efficacious also
for tooth-ache.

In Etruria, the same name is given to a small meadow-
plant,2 provided with leaves at the sides, like hairs, and particularly useful for wounds. The people of that country say
that, applied with axle-grease, it will knit together and unite
the tendons of oxen, when they have been accidentally severed
by the plough-share.3

1 Or "ten thousand leaves." The Myriophyllum spicatum of Linnæus,
according to most authorities, though Fée considers it very doubtful.

2 Possibly the Achillea millefolium of Linnæus, our milfoil or yarrow.
It is still said to have the property of healing wounds made by edge-tools,
for which reason it is known in France as the "carpenter's plant."

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